Founded in 1878. Ipswich won the league title in 1961-62 under Alf Ramsey, the FA Cup in 1978 and the UEFA Cup in 1981; Bobby Robson's 13 years in charge remain the club's golden era.

After 2002 they spent long years outside the top flight, dropping as far as League One. Back-to-back promotions took them to the Premier League in 2024-25, but they finished 19th on 22 points and went straight back down.

Ipswich took the second automatic promotion place, beating QPR 3-0 on the final day to edge out Millwall and return at the first attempt.

Dutch midfielder Azor Matusiwa was voted the club's Player of the Year. American ownership has funded a new training ground and an expanded scouting network.

In use since 1884, Portman Road now holds 30,056, and the club has outlined plans to expand it toward 40,000.

Statues of Bobby Robson and Alf Ramsey stand outside the ground, keeping the club's golden era in view.

Kieran McKenna, the architect of the two promotions, departed, and Gary O'Neil was appointed at the end of June 2026, arriving from Strasbourg in France with previous Premier League experience at Wolves and Bournemouth.

Their last top-flight campaign ended on 22 points. Avoiding a repeat is the immediate question.

Japan international Daizen Maeda (#38, FW) is in the squad. He came up through Mito Hollyhock, Matsumoto Yamaga and Yokohama F. Marinos, collected major honours with Celtic in Scotland, and now moves to England. Pace and relentless running are his trademarks, and this is his first Premier League season.